Thank goodness for a forum like this! A newbie is at work here and needs help.

I am working on my wife's website and I am struggling. I am basically laying out a template in tables. I am sure this is not the best way to do it, but I really do not know of any other way. Here is my problem:

I have an image on the top and then (2) columns below it. One column (on the right) is full of images) and the one on the left will be the editable region. But when the editable region gets too large is starts to move the images on the right (pushes them down).

I am at a loss, I really want to fix that right column of images from ever moving and give wifey the opportunity to type to her hearts content and make the editable region a mile long if she wishes without moving the right column of images.

Since I am bad at explaining stuff like this here is the link the site if you need to view the setup: http://www.magpiesong.com/

Any help anyone could give me would be awesome! I am using Dreamweaver 3 (Yeah, it is old).

I did this with my site (tennis4you.com) and someone took my template and fixed the table on the left, so I think it can be done, I just do not know how they did it.

Also, there is a horizontal line between the right column of images and the top banner image. I would like that line to go away, but I do not know if that is possible or not.

I appreciate your time!

Thank you,

Scott Baker

Hi Scott. I will say this first before the people who do this for a living read this and tear you a new one .

You really shouldnt be designing a webpage with tables. You should readup on css and use that for designing your sites. I myself am still working on mastering css but it is really useful and makes problems like yours real easy to deal with.

What you can try doing to fix your problem the way you are currently doing it is use vertical align. I cant guarantee that will work but what it should do is force everything in that right column up to the top and have it stay there. What is happening now is that it is probably aligned in the centre and as the table expands it moves down to stay in the centre.

A suggestion as well, you should make a link back to the main page. Unless I am missing something you cant get back to the main page once you click on another link.

Hope that helps.

i think Truly is right,..seems that u don't really using id's or classes that could be useful in making your template through your tables,because then to me you couldeasily make a properties for that certain table..i'm using html and css in template layouting... try to put it inside a div..seems your layout looks like this in divs..

<div class="main_container">
.......<div class="top_area"></div>
.......<div class="bottom_area">
..............<div class="content_area"></div>-------float:left;
..............<div class="right_area"></div>----------float:right;
.......</div>
</div>
..insert yout tables...then u can set its width, margins and paddings...but thats what i do if i were u, but then maybe others has better solution for that.....hope get the idea.....